{"id":20279,"date":"2019-08-27T18:25:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=20279"},"modified":"2019-08-27T18:25:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:25:45","slug":"alaska-conference-special-sunday-celebrated-in-the-pnw-on-september-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/alaska-conference-special-sunday-celebrated-in-the-pnw-on-september-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Conference Special Sunday celebrated in the PNW on September 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the 2019 PNW Annual Conference Session last June, clergy and lay members voted to &#8220;establish the third Sunday of September each year, or another Sunday that suits the congregation\u2019s schedule,&nbsp;as a Conference Advance Special Sunday with Offering to be known as Alaska Conference Special Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This year, the Alaska Conference Special Sunday will be celebrated on September 15, 2019 in churches across the Pacific Northwest Conference.<\/strong> Your gifts will help Alaska&#8217;s 28+ churches and ministries continue to bring the love of Christ in some challenging and wonderful environments \u2014 spread over 650,000 square miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resources to support your\u00a0congregation&#8217;s<g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling gr-progress sel\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\"> <\/g>participation in this connectional ministry opportunity \u2014 including bulletin inserts, videos, and a blog series \u2014 have been curated and prepared by the Alaska Conference. 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